“There would be an awful row,” exclaimed Ran.
“Not at all. There would be a surprise, a panic and a flight. That is, if you let the villain go. I am not sure that you ought not to have a warrant and an officer ready to arrest him. Or rather, I am sure that you ought.”
“I would rather not, if he will leave quietly,” said Ran.
“But you must make no terms with a criminal. That would be ‘compounding a felony,’ a serious offense against English law.”
“Well, is it settled? Shall we go to-morrow morning?” inquired Judy.
“Yes, dear; certainly,” replied Ran.
“And I will go down to the office and find a Bradshaw and see about our train,” said Mr. Will, picking up his hat and hurrying out of the room.
He had scarcely disappeared when the door opened and Mike, Dandy and Longman entered the parlor.
Judy ran forward to welcome them, while Ran turned up the gas.
“We have been sitting in the dark to watch the scene in the square below,” Judy explained.